Microservices Jobs

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Microservices skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microservices over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 62 48
Rank change year-on-year -28 -14 -16
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,565 3,739 6,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.00% 3.80% 5.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.22% 4.42% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,088 2,763 3,782
10th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £58,882
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,870 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% -16.13% +3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £103,750 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microservices.

Salary trend for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -19 1,397 £74,500 +14.62% 1,038
UK excluding London -40 952 £70,000 +12.00% 599
Work from Home -7 768 £71,991 +15.19% 829
London -4 605 £85,000 +3.03% 497
South East -2 296 £67,500 +12.50% 94
North of England -42 279 £70,000 +12.00% 228
North West -37 172 £67,037 +3.13% 150
Scotland -13 121 £75,000 +15.38% 58
South West +4 111 £68,525 +13.26% 49
Yorkshire -10 95 £72,500 +18.45% 57
Midlands -60 93 £65,000 +8.33% 106
West Midlands -51 57 £70,000 +7.69% 58
East Midlands -10 36 £63,750 +15.91% 48
East of England -33 36 £57,500 -11.54% 47
Wales +7 12 £67,000 +27.62% 13
North East -7 12 £50,000 -18.31% 22
Northern Ireland +6 7 £55,000 -15.38% 12

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 57 (3.64%) Confluence
2 26 (1.66%) CMS
3 25 (1.60%) Jupyter
4 17 (1.09%) JBoss
5 15 (0.96%) Apache
6 12 (0.77%) Red Hat Fuse
7 11 (0.70%) Headless CMS
8 10 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 9 (0.58%) OpenStack
10 8 (0.51%) Apache Spark
10 8 (0.51%) SAS
11 4 (0.26%) Drupal
11 4 (0.26%) GemFire
12 3 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.19%) IIS
12 3 (0.19%) Mule
12 3 (0.19%) NetWeaver
12 3 (0.19%) OpenEdge
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Coherence
12 3 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (0.70%) Maya
2 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.13%) Moqups
5 2 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.064%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.26%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.13%) Eikon
4 2 (0.13%) Endur
4 2 (0.13%) RMDS
4 2 (0.13%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.064%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 688 (43.96%) AWS
2 599 (38.27%) Azure
3 257 (16.42%) GCP
4 248 (15.85%) Serverless
5 137 (8.75%) SaaS
6 124 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
7 111 (7.09%) AWS Lambda
8 77 (4.92%) GitHub
9 65 (4.15%) AWS CloudFormation
10 63 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
11 61 (3.90%) Amazon EC2
11 61 (3.90%) Azure Service Bus
12 59 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
13 58 (3.71%) Amazon S3
14 54 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
15 50 (3.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 35 (2.24%) SonarCloud
17 31 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
18 30 (1.92%) PaaS
19 28 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.79%) HTTP
2 25 (1.60%) Network Security
3 20 (1.28%) Internet
4 10 (0.64%) Firewall
5 5 (0.32%) DNS
6 4 (0.26%) 3GPP
6 4 (0.26%) 5G
6 4 (0.26%) DAB
6 4 (0.26%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.19%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.13%) Broadband
8 2 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.13%) SSH
8 2 (0.13%) VPN
8 2 (0.13%) WAN
9 1 (0.064%) BGP
9 1 (0.064%) NAS
9 1 (0.064%) SAN
9 1 (0.064%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 238 (15.21%) NoSQL
2 175 (11.18%) PostgreSQL
3 172 (10.99%) MongoDB
4 119 (7.60%) SQL Server
5 116 (7.41%) Relational Database
6 88 (5.62%) MySQL
7 86 (5.50%) Elasticsearch
8 65 (4.15%) Big Data
9 64 (4.09%) DynamoDB
10 44 (2.81%) Redis
11 40 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 37 (2.36%) RDBMS
13 28 (1.79%) Data Lake
14 25 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
15 17 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
16 11 (0.70%) Metadata
17 10 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
18 9 (0.58%) Data Vault
19 8 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
19 8 (0.51%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 251 (16.04%) Git
2 190 (12.14%) Jenkins
3 99 (6.33%) JUnit
4 92 (5.88%) JIRA
5 78 (4.98%) GitLab
6 68 (4.35%) Visual Studio
7 56 (3.58%) Mockito
8 52 (3.32%) Octopus Deploy
9 46 (2.94%) Maven
10 42 (2.68%) SonarQube
11 37 (2.36%) MSBuild
12 35 (2.24%) Team Foundation Server
13 31 (1.98%) Sonatype Nexus
14 30 (1.92%) JMeter
15 27 (1.73%) Jasmine
15 27 (1.73%) Karma Test Runner
16 26 (1.66%) Cypress.io
16 26 (1.66%) IntelliJ
17 25 (1.60%) Postman
18 23 (1.47%) Cucumber
General
1 443 (28.31%) Social Skills
2 422 (26.96%) Finance
3 262 (16.74%) Banking
4 105 (6.71%) Law
5 90 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
6 84 (5.37%) Retail
7 78 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 70 (4.47%) Public Sector
9 51 (3.26%) Marketing
10 45 (2.88%) Games
11 36 (2.30%) Financial Institution
12 23 (1.47%) Front Office
13 20 (1.28%) Investment Banking
14 18 (1.15%) Manufacturing
14 18 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.09%) Advertising
16 16 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (0.83%) Automotive
17 13 (0.83%) Dutch Language
17 13 (0.83%) French Language
Job Titles
1 496 (31.69%) Developer
2 369 (23.58%) Senior
3 293 (18.72%) Architect
4 288 (18.40%) Lead
5 273 (17.44%) Software Engineer
6 142 (9.07%) Senior Developer
7 137 (8.75%) Solutions Architect
8 128 (8.18%) Java Developer
9 114 (7.28%) .NET Developer
10 103 (6.58%) Senior Software Engineer
11 100 (6.39%) Java Engineer
12 85 (5.43%) Full-Stack Developer
13 63 (4.03%) C# Developer
14 57 (3.64%) Java Software Engineer
15 54 (3.45%) Senior Architect
16 48 (3.07%) Technical Architect
17 43 (2.75%) Software Developer
18 40 (2.56%) Enterprise Architect
18 40 (2.56%) Lead Developer
19 39 (2.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 369 (23.58%) React
2 350 (22.36%) .NET
3 291 (18.59%) REST
4 255 (16.29%) RESTful
5 248 (15.85%) Spring
6 239 (15.27%) Spring Boot
7 233 (14.89%) AngularJS
8 221 (14.12%) Kafka
9 191 (12.20%) HTML
10 175 (11.18%) CSS
11 173 (11.05%) Node.js
12 153 (9.78%) .NET Core
13 116 (7.41%) ASP.NET
13 116 (7.41%) Web Services
14 113 (7.22%) RabbitMQ
15 98 (6.26%) .NET Framework
16 95 (6.07%) JSON
17 94 (6.01%) GraphQL
18 89 (5.69%) Hibernate
19 73 (4.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 183 (11.69%) Cloud Native
2 138 (8.82%) Distributed Systems
3 131 (8.37%) Product Ownership
4 91 (5.81%) Enterprise Software
5 80 (5.11%) Algorithms
6 66 (4.22%) Management Information System
7 59 (3.77%) Public Cloud
8 41 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
9 39 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
10 38 (2.43%) Data Structures
11 36 (2.30%) Mobile App
12 27 (1.73%) IoT
13 26 (1.66%) Virtual Team
14 25 (1.60%) Cyberattack
14 25 (1.60%) Private Cloud
15 16 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
15 16 (1.02%) Legacy Code
16 15 (0.96%) Blockchain
17 14 (0.89%) Mobile Games
17 14 (0.89%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 95 (6.07%) Linux
2 30 (1.92%) Unix
3 23 (1.47%) Windows
4 19 (1.21%) Android
5 8 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.13%) Debian
8 2 (0.13%) zOS
9 1 (0.064%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 828 (52.91%) Agile
2 637 (40.70%) DevOps
3 563 (35.97%) CI/CD
4 557 (35.59%) Software Engineering
5 380 (24.28%) Containerisation
6 305 (19.49%) Mentoring
7 296 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
8 288 (18.40%) TDD
9 274 (17.51%) Full-Stack Development
10 257 (16.42%) Event-Driven
11 233 (14.89%) Test Automation
12 211 (13.48%) Roadmaps
13 207 (13.23%) Computer Science
14 189 (12.08%) Scrum
15 186 (11.88%) Technical Leadership
16 183 (11.69%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 182 (11.63%) Design Patterns
18 180 (11.50%) Unit Testing
19 149 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
20 147 (9.39%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 590 (37.70%) Java
2 396 (25.30%) JavaScript
3 395 (25.24%) SQL
4 387 (24.73%) C#
5 315 (20.13%) Python
6 228 (14.57%) TypeScript
7 87 (5.56%) Go
8 56 (3.58%) C
9 49 (3.13%) PHP
10 35 (2.24%) C++
11 31 (1.98%) Bash
12 30 (1.92%) PowerShell
13 28 (1.79%) Shell Script
14 22 (1.41%) Apex Code
15 21 (1.34%) Ruby
16 19 (1.21%) Kotlin
17 18 (1.15%) Rust
18 16 (1.02%) Perl
18 16 (1.02%) R
19 14 (0.89%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 292 (18.66%) Degree
2 144 (9.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 126 (8.05%) Security Cleared
4 86 (5.50%) SC Cleared
5 51 (3.26%) AWS Certification
6 49 (3.13%) Master's Degree
7 42 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 34 (2.17%) Azure Certification
9 27 (1.73%) DV Cleared
10 23 (1.47%) HND
11 18 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
12 9 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
13 8 (0.51%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.45%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.26%) PhD
16 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (0.19%) OCP
16 3 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.62%) GDPR
1 88 (5.62%) QA
2 34 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 34 (2.17%) HIPAA
3 30 (1.92%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.28%) SLA
5 16 (1.02%) SOC 2
6 9 (0.58%) NIST
6 9 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.45%) Basel II
8 7 (0.45%) Basel III
8 7 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
8 7 (0.45%) IFRS
8 7 (0.45%) IFRS 9
9 6 (0.38%) CDISC
10 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.26%) WCAG
11 3 (0.19%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.13%) SEPA
System Software
1 590 (37.70%) Docker
2 41 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (0.64%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.19%) vSphere
5 2 (0.13%) Firmware
5 2 (0.13%) HDFS
5 2 (0.13%) Postfix
6 1 (0.064%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.064%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.064%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 574 (36.68%) Kubernetes
2 191 (12.20%) Terraform
3 66 (4.22%) Prometheus
4 65 (4.15%) Grafana
5 48 (3.07%) Ansible
6 25 (1.60%) Kibana
7 24 (1.53%) Istio
8 20 (1.28%) Argo
9 10 (0.64%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.32%) Packer
10 5 (0.32%) Puppet
10 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.19%) Consul
12 2 (0.13%) CA Endevor
12 2 (0.13%) Hadoop YARN
12 2 (0.13%) MIIS
13 1 (0.064%) Control-M
13 1 (0.064%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.064%) Nessus
Vendors
1 144 (9.20%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.07%) Google
3 48 (3.07%) IBM
4 44 (2.81%) Oracle
5 33 (2.11%) Dynatrace
6 32 (2.04%) Splunk
7 28 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 17 (1.09%) Atlassian
9 17 (1.09%) Databricks
9 17 (1.09%) SAP
10 11 (0.70%) New Relic
11 10 (0.64%) Cisco
11 10 (0.64%) YouTube
12 9 (0.58%) Ping Identity
13 7 (0.45%) ANSYS
13 7 (0.45%) Apple
13 7 (0.45%) Bloomberg
13 7 (0.45%) Facebook
13 7 (0.45%) Solace